The year has gotten off to a slow start as far as running goes. There are few pubs within running distance or, for that matter, within running distance of a moderate bus or train journey so most of the runs are near home or work. I’m counting on Jackie getting a new job that forces us to relocate to freshen things up but until then this is my lot.

Sick just after the New Year’s Holiday, I missed a week and slowly built back up; very slowly (the first double digits run didn’t come until 13 March). From 1 February until 6 March, I targeted a 10% weekly mileage increase (the red trace, below, is my target mileage) which gave me a bit of focus until the time for my next training schedule arrived (the red trace AFTER the 10% growth curve).

Commutes are the bits where I hop off the bus and do a segment of the bus route. Of the 84 runs logged so far in 2016, 34 were ‘commutes’ accounting for 94.9 of the 498.6 miles so far.